Enoploura balanoides Meek 1872

Stylophora - Mitrata - Anomalocystitidae

Alternative combination: Anomalocystites (Ateleocystites) balanoides

Synonyms: Enoploura crustacea Haeckel 1896, Enoploura meeki Caster 1952, Enoploura wetherbyi Caster 1952, Placocystis crustacea Haeckel 1896

Belongs to Enoploura according to R. L. Parsley 1991

See also Bather et al. 1900

Sister taxa: Enoploura popei, Enoploura punctata

Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (2: Iowa, New York collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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